Help, I'm Stuck With These People for the Rest of Eternity!--Christian Advice on Healthy Relationship Characteristics and Making Relationships Work

Someone once said that ministry and church life would be great if it weren’t for the people. But, as people who are stuck together for the rest of eternity, we might as well get used to it and learn how to relate properly to each other here and now. User-friendly and easy to read, this book will show you how to live peaceably with the nice, and the not-so-nice, folks in your life. More

Someone once said that ministry and church life would be great if it weren’t for the people. But, because believers are people who are stuck together for the rest of eternity, we might as well get used to it and learn how to relate properly to each other here and now. Help, I’m Stuck With These People for the Rest of Eternity! explores the Bible as a how-to-instruction manual for eternal relationships.

Within the covers of this book, you will:• Uncover the secret to offense-free relationships• Acquire insight to help identify, process, and resolve relationship problems• Read real-life stories designed to help you build healthier relationships • Receive practical advice for healing past wounds and injustices• Glean tips for improving communication skills• Learn proven techniques for making a church a safe place• Discover practical suggestions for encouraging others during tough times• Explore exercises to promote personal growth• Engage with application questions at the end of each chapter

User-friendly and easy to read, this book will show you how to live peaceably with the nice, and the not-so-nice, folks in your life. Designed for personal growth, "Help, I’m Stuck With These People for the Rest of Eternity--Christian Advice on Healthy Relationship Characteristics and Making Relationships Work" is also excellent for discipleship, Bible study groups, leadership development, ministry training, and home groups.

“Once again, Sue Gaddis has done an excellent job in communicating what is still the most central theme of the New Testament epistles—loving one another. Where there’s little love, there’s much junk! Thank you, Sue, for driving home a crucial message for the whole body of Christ. Read this book!” Rod and Julie Anderson, Prayer for the Nations, London

Susan Gaddis has been on staff at Father’s House in Atascadero, California for over 35 years. She is the author of "Intercessors, God’s End-time Vanguard—How to Pray Effectively for the Things That Matter Most" and the "Eternal Foundations for a New Generation" series. Her blog, “Holy in the Daily,” provides fresh new ideas for improving your faith walk both now and for future generations. Coffee is her drink of choice in the morning and tea fulfills her addictions in the afternoon.

As an author and speaker, I help people build their spiritual legacies. I mentor them in life skills that translate into an intentional walk of faith, which will pass on, like a baton to family, friends, and co-workers. Those individuals can grab hold and run with this legacy now and long after the believer's portion of the race is finished. A spiritual legacy should be a clear record of a person's walk of faith, communicating that living for Jesus and being empowered by His grace is more than enough. All of my books, ebooks, courses, and blog posts relate to building a positive, powerful, spiritual legacy.

As one of the staff pastors of Father's House in Atascadero, California, I direct the Ministry Training Center and the Counseling Team as well as guide our women's ministry, Forever Girlfriends.

I am the author of "Help, I'm Stuck With These People for the Rest of Eternity!," "Intercessors, God's End-time Vanguard," and the "Eternal Foundations for a New Generation" series. During my years in ministry, my articles have been published in Ministry Today, SALT magazine, Advance Magazine, The Teaching Home, and for Foursquare Women International. I am the past editor of the newsletter Tender Touch, published for pastors' wives on the Western District of Foursquare Churches.

As a conference and retreat speaker, I teach on a variety of subjects including building a spiritual legacy, relationships, spiritual disciplines, intercession, contemplative prayer, leadership, and parenting.

Personal

Growing up on a California ranch as the oldest of four children taught me the importance of family, fun, and responsibility. My memories include egg fights in the barn, swimming in cow troughs, lots of hard work, and building tree forts. High School was a mixture of band practice and football games. I met my future husband, Tom, in drama class; I believe some academics were thrown in somewhere. I devoured library books and still consider reading my favorite recreational activity.

After finishing L.I.F.E. Bible College, Tom and I returned to the Central Coast and have pastored Father's House, a Foursquare Church in Atascadero, CA, ever since. Six children and a number of grandchildren later, we are still learning what it means to be spiritual people. It is my firm belief that God gives us a family so our dysfunctional attitudes will rise to the surface where he can address them. Then he blesses us with grandchildren as a way of sweetening the process.

When not writing or busy with church responsibilities, I enjoy my grandchildren, scrapbooking, gardening, and a cafe' mocha from the Starbucks down the road.